My parents tell me I always liked to read. As a kid, long before I could actually read, I would be sitting on the couch, thumbing through a book, staring intently at the pages. When my mom would ask me what I was doing, I would tell her I was “reading….
Today, I spent entirely too much time in front of the computer, and as a result, my eyes got a little bloodshot. I tore the house apart, but I couldn’t find the eye drops anywhere…so although I was in utterly no pain, I had no choice but to go aroun…
Fatherhood has brought me many unexpected circumstances, attributes, and attitudes. One I really was not expecting, though, was the loneliness.I love my daughter wholeheartedly. Her smile makes me melt, and her laughter makes my heart explode. But, …
background: My darling kiddo hasn’t been sleeping well, and that makes her cranky…and while I know a baby’s only real method of communication is to yell, our girl seems to take this to the extreme. She gets a little hungry? Yell as if one is being s…
Hey, remember when I promised to write about my frozen food of the week experience? Well, yesterday’s lunch was a frozen pot pie. The damn thing required a 35 minute bake time. I could’ve used the microwave directions, but I, dunno, like browning. I t…
Get ready…the 21st centuryis when everything changes–Capt. Jack HarknessWhen I found out I was gonna be a dad, I make one simple vow: to not change too drastically into a slobbering moron. Some people become parents and can then only talk about ev…
I’ve been having writing issues as of late…and it’s all due to my current crisis of faith. So naturally, the solution is frozen food.First, to be completely accurate, I’m really having crises (plural) of faith, not just a single crisis. Although I k…
When I was still a scholar, I used to plan my work based on fairly logical assumptions. I tried to see where the academic world was, what was the focus of most culture studies scholarship, and I used this information to try and find myself a niche, so…
Back when I used to think of myself as a scholar, a day without class would generally mean getting up around 8, eating while browsing the web, writing until lunch, watching a half hour of television while eating, and trying to continue to write until 4…
I have an infant. I love her dearly. It does precipitate several lifestyle adjustments…the main one being an adjustment to irregular sleep patterns.While I have always been a light sleeper (no doubt in response to my inherent paranoia), I don’t sle…
